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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | isolation |
| Synonyms: | detention, lazaretto, seclusion, segregation, separation, sequestration |
| Main Entry: | detention |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | confinement, imprisonment |
| Synonyms: | apprehension, arrest, arrestation, bust, custody, delay, detainment, hindrance, holding back, holding pen, immurement, impediment, incarceration, internment, keeping in, nab, pen*, pickup, pinch*, quarantine, restraint, retention, time up the river, withholding |
| Antonyms: | freedom, liberation, release |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | isolate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cut off, set apart |
| Synonyms: | abstract, block off, close off, confine, detach, disconnect, disengage, divide, divorce, insulate, island, keep apart, part, quarantine, remove, seclude, segregate, separate, sequester, sever, sunder |
| Antonyms: | include, incorporate, integrate, join, mingle |
| Main Entry: | isolation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | seclusion |
| Synonyms: | aloneness, aloofness, beleaguerment, concealment, confinement, desolation, detachment, exile, hiding, monkhood, privacy, privateness, quarantine, reclusion, reclusiveness, remoteness, retreat, seclusiveness, segregation, sequestration, solitude, withdrawal |
| Main Entry: | seal |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make airtight |
| Synonyms: | close, cork, enclose, fasten, gum, isolate, paste, plaster, plug, quarantine, secure, segregate, shut, stop, stop up, stopper, waterproof |
| Antonyms: | loosen, open, unseal |
| Main Entry: | seclude |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | isolate, hide |
| Synonyms: | blockade, boycott, cloister, closet, conceal, confine, cover, embargo, enclose, evict, immure, ostracize, quarantine, retire, screen, segregate, separate, sequester, shut off, withdraw |
| Antonyms: | join, mingle, socialize |
| Main Entry: | seclusion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | isolation |
| Synonyms: | aloneness, aloofness, beleaguerment, blockade, concealment, desolation, detachment, hiding, privacy, privateness, quarantine, reclusion, reclusiveness, remoteness, retirement, retreat, seclusiveness, separateness, separation, sequestration, shelter, solitude, withdrawal |
| Antonyms: | open, public |
| Main Entry: | segregate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | discriminate and separate |
| Synonyms: | choose, close off, cut off, disconnect, dissociate, divide, insulate, island, isolate, quarantine, select, sequester, set apart, sever, single out, split up |
| Antonyms: | combine, desegregate, gather, join, unite |
| Main Entry: | solitude |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | aloneness |
| Synonyms: | confinement, desert, detachment, emptiness, isolation, loneliness, loneness, lonesomeness, peace and quiet, privacy, quarantine, reclusiveness, retirement, seclusion, separateness, silence, solitariness, waste, wasteland, wilderness, withdrawal |
| Antonyms: | companionship, friendship, togetherness |
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